So You Want to Write a Book? Crucial Advice for the First Time Writer
  • Reads 106,242
  • Votes 5,418
  • Parts 5
  • Time 50m
  • Reads 106,242
  • Votes 5,418
  • Parts 5
  • Time 50m
Ongoing, First published Feb 13, 2014
So, I was doing a critique tonight. And it was the person’s first book. And I was writing a bunch of the same things that I’ve written on a million other critiques since I started on Wattpad. And, it occurred to me that I keep giving people the same advice—advice that nobody gave me—and advice that beginner writer’s NEED. So I decided to put some of it down in a book, although I’m guessing most people won’t read it. Haha

But the title pretty much says it all...
All Rights Reserved
Sign up to add So You Want to Write a Book? Crucial Advice for the First Time Writer to your library and receive updates
or
#7how-to-write
Content Guidelines
You may also like
The Standouts - A Critique Contest by PAULAPDX (Summer 2019 Edition) by paulapdx
6 parts Complete
🛑 - CLOSED until 2021. ***If you're interested in my critiques, you might want to check out my weekly newsletter for opportunities to get a personalized critique. https://paula.substack.com/p/coming-soon Does your work stand out in an overly-crowded landscape? Does your story & writing shine as far as: ★ - Concept ★ - Voice ★ - Storytelling The Standouts is a fun, but hopefully helpful contest that can give you a sense of whether your story resonates with someone who's got some experience under her belt. Great! But who are you to judge? Fair question. This is not to humble-brag, but I've been critiquing and have worked with story development for quite some time, and I've picked up a lot along the way. ☙ - As an Ambassador, I work on content projects. ☙ - If you look at my profile, you'll see everything I've published so far has managed to standout in one way or another, whether by leading me to become a Wattpad Star; or by winning a Watty (twice!); or by being picked as a Top 10 in major Wattpad contests (twice!); or being featured. All I'm saying is I'm no slouch. I'm not brilliant either. But I've got some experience around what can catch an agent, editor, or judge's eye, and I'd like to share that with the community. ☙ - In another lifetime, I used to work for HBO in Development and at ICM (the talent agency) in their writers' department which means I understand how professionals quickly gauge whether or not they'll take a closer look at a work and/or make an offer. This kind of insight can be helpful if you're planning to submit your work or even just want to stand out more here on Wattpad. ☙ - I used to provide critiques for three writers, all of them traditionally published. They seemed to value my insight. Read the RULES, LOGISTICS & PRIZES chapter for guidelines. All entries get a brief assessment of their first chapter, with winners getting more extensive critiques. Sound interesting? Give it a go! 😊
You may also like
Slide 1 of 10
Stop With the Cliches!  cover
Prisimpad: A Guide to Wattpad, Writing, and Whatever cover
Songs of war Incorrec quotes cover
Together Forever (An O2l Fanfic) cover
The Standouts - A Critique Contest by PAULAPDX (Summer 2019 Edition) cover
The Confession..||NorRay cover
Brothers Of The Moon cover
Darkeye's Fury cover
arshi os's on myduniya  cover
Through the Blades Reflection cover

Stop With the Cliches!

12 parts Complete

Gather around fellow Wattpad users, I Sailor Mew Mew will tell you which cliches to avoid when writing or which ones to spot when reading. Also I'll be talking about cliches from just about anywhere too. This book isn't intended to offend anyone or pick on specific Wattpad users, if I say anything crude or mean it's a sarcasm, don't take it too seriously, I don't bully, I criticize there is a difference. Good? Alright let's get started!